Human Sexuality

We inhabit a culture that is obsessed with sex. In our modern world, sexual imagery dances across our screens, fills the pages of our novels and invades the imaginative world of our children. Archbishop Justin Welby has rightly observed that we are living through a time of ‘sexual revolution’.

Some aspects of this revolution have been remarkably positive -we are more ready to be honest about the struggles of being created ‘sexual’ in a fallen world. And we have been rightly challenged when the Church has acted judgementally or with prejudice against those whose behaviour falls short of its teaching.

But there is growing recognition of the negative fall-out from this revolution too. According to the most recent British Social Attitudes Survey half of all births (47.5%) are now outside of marriage; 3 million children are in single-parent households, mainly with the mother; and record numbers of people (2.5 million) in the age bracket 45-64 find themselves living alone.

As we drift further into uncharted moral territory it seems clear that the full consequences of the sexual revolution have yet to be witnessed, especially in terms of inequalities imposed on children.

In the light of this, Christians are discovering a new sense of confidence, and a deepening conviction, that biblical teaching about the ordering of human sexual interests really is good news - not only for those who are committed Christians, but for everybody. For the vulnerable, for our children and for the nation as a whole.

The resources in this section of the website will equip those who want to learn more about the current conversations in the Church over human sexuality. They contain theological analysis of the key questions; and papers and reports relating to frequently asked questions. Read More